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Its close, real close, but I'd have to for Priest. I like that Halford High pitched scream plus songs like Electric Eye, The Sentinel, and The Night Comes Down just push them over the edge. However, Eddie is cooler than those Robot things Judas Priest had on some of there covers.

I started a poll on this a little while ago and my pick is Priest. Rob Halford can really scream his ass off and the Downing/Tipton guitar duo is amazing. I've never really gotten into Maiden besides hearing their greatest hits.

Maiden had a run of excellent albums that Priest can't match. "Number Of The Beast," "Piece of Mind," "Powerslave," "Live After Death," and "Somewhere In Time" are all great albums. Heck I'll even throw "Killers" and "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" in there too. [img]smile.gif[/img]

MAIDEN!!! no doubt about that!
Al their albums up to 7th son are fucking brilliant. everything about their music is perfect. Bruce's voice, the double leads, the 'galloping' guitars, steve's songwrinting and own bass style, etc...

Well here's my little Prist/Maiden band member vs. band member breakdown. Obviously some members of both bands have changed over the years, so I chose to pick from each band's strongest line-up, which for both is expectedly their early 80's lineups.

Rob Halford vs. Bruce Dickinson
This is a toughie, at least for me. A real toughie. Both of these guys have such distinctive voices, such powerful voices, but I think the fact I like Maiden's music more, I'm going to go with the "Air Raid Siren" Dickinson over the "Metal God." But there is no doubt that Halford has one of the great metal voices of all time. I just think Dickinson's ability to harmonize with himself on stuff like "Run To The Hills" and "Aces High" is just too good. Although Halford's scream on the beginning of "Screaming For Vengeance" is pretty damn cool too. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Glenn Tipton/K.K. Downing vs. Dave Murray/Adrian Smith
Both formidable duos, but man I don't think you can come close to beating the Murray/Smith combo. Their harmonized guitar runs were unmatched by other 80's metal bands, and their ability to add a bit more edge to their playing than Tipton and Downing puts them over the top for me. They had more style than just chugging along on power chords. The Priest axe slingers had a more 70's feel to their playing, the Maiden guys were a bit younger, and I think their playing reflects a growth from late 70's British metal players.

Ian Hill vs. Steve Harris
This isn't even a contest. Besides being one of the most creative metal bass players of all time, Steve Harris wrote almost every Maiden song, lyrics and all. The guy is just a brilliant player, and Ian Hill is nowhere near his league. Done deal here.

Dave Holland vs. Nicko McBrain
Again to me this is a no-brainer (no pun intended). [img]smile.gif[/img] McBrain's work on "Piece of Mind," "Powerslave" and "Live After Death" easily put him over the top here. McBrain is a far more versatile and creative drummer than Holland. Perfect example is that the biggest complaint about arguably Judas Priest's best album, "Screaming For Vengeance" is Holland's drumming. It is totally uninspired and frankly, boring. I thought Holland's work on the earlier and more laid-back "Point of Entry" album was more ferocious than his mundane drumming on a turbo-charged "Vengeance" album. Shouldn't have been that way.

I have to say Maiden hands-down. I always liked Dickenson's voice more than Halford's. Halford gets higher, but Bruce just has more power, IMO. Plus I think Maiden wrote much more interesting songs, progression and style-wise. And the big plus is that they're able to work through their differences (unlike Priest, a certain Pasadena band, and lots of others). Saw them at the Greek on their first reunion tour and it was like '86 all over again. They still rock like monsters!

"I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing<br />quite well for themselves." - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)

Gotta go with my first love, Maiden! But I must say that Halford's last solo album blew away that Brave New World turd.

"There's a Japanese term called wabi-sabi, not wasabi, but wabi-sabi. It means an appreciation for the imperfect, the less than precision. The cowboy boots that you never polish because it's bad luck. That is completely wabi-sabi. Van Halen is that." - DLR 2002<br /><br />"Look! I can see their parachutes! They're ok..." - Tenshinhan, DragonBall Z

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